From the album of the same name.
Chords used:
C: X32010
Em: 022000
F: 133210
G: 320010
Am: X02210
The picking pattern is relatively simple for the most part. There are a couple of minor variations
on the chords used. For example sometimes the intro and going into the verse uses a variation
on the G:
e|----------------------------3---|
B|-------1----------1-------------|
G|-----0----0-------0---0---0-----|
D|---2--------0p2---0-----0-------|
A|--------------------------------|
G|-3--------------3---------------|
Sometimes notes are added or taken out, but if you stick to the chord shapes you can't really go wrong. For the verse in general:
C Em F G
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------------0--------------1----------------1---------|
G|-----0--0--0------0----0--0------2----2---2------0-----0---0---|
D|----2-2---2-----2--2-----2-----3---3----3------0---0-----0-----|
A|--3------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------0--------------1---------------3-----------------|
Am F C Am G F
e|----------------------------------------------------------------3-|
B|-------1--------------1------------1--------1-------1-------2-----|
G|-----2---2--2------2----2---2--------0--------2-------0-------3---|
D|----2-2---2------3---3----3------2--------2-------0--------3------|
A|--0----------------------------3--------0-------------------------|
E|---------------1--------------------------------3--------1--------|
Intro: G
Verse:
C Em
Well I live in the canyon where the old coyotes howl
F G
They come down from the mountains and the dogs begin to growl
Am F
And they meet up in the darkness, and they fight until the death
C Am G F
When the morning sun is rising I will bury who is left
G Am F C
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----1--------0h1------1-------1---|
G|-------0-----------------2-------0-|
D|---0--------2--------3-------2-----|
A|----------0----------------3-------|
G|-3-----------------1---------------|
G Am
Oh-------- Oh
F C G
They call me Canyon Joe
C
And I stay in the cabin
Em
Where I work my hands to bleed
F
Swing the hammer to the nail
G
And I swing the axe onto the tree
Am
And I once cleared these woods
F
-yeah there used to be a path
C Am G F
And now the trees have overgrown just to prove that nothing lasts
G Am
And Oh-------- Oh
F C G
They call me Canyon Joe
C
The old man went crazy
Em
He lives high up on the ridge
F G
He used to tell me all the stories of the church house and the bridge
Am
But the bridge, she washed away your sin
F
The church house- it got burned
C Am G F
'Cause this world has gone angry and some people never learn
G Am
And Oh-------- Oh
F C G
They call me Canyon Joe
C
And I once loved a woman
Em
Georgia was her name
F G
And we met out in the foothills of the Ozark Mountain Range
Am
And we saw the world together
F
And these sparks that we love most
C Am
She still comes to me in dreams
G F
I am still haunted with her ghost
G Am
And Oh-------- Oh
F C G (x3)
They call me Canyon Joe
C
And all my thoughts are heavy
Em
My beard, it has grown long
F G
And I search the face of six-strings for an old familiar song
Am F
But the chords, they all sound foreign like the places I have been
C Am
So I will close my eyes to sleep
G F
Tomorrow I will try again
G Am
And Oh-------- Oh
F C G
They call me Canyon Joe
G Am
Oh-------- Oh
F C G
They call me Canyon Joe
G Am
Singing (Oh-------- Oh)
F C G (x3)
They call me Canyon Joe